Yorktown News

Fort Eustis soldiers Pfc. Timothy Sloan, 19, left, of Tampa, Fla., and Pfc. Bernard Reyes, 19, of Las Vegas, have been invited to spend the holiday with Janice Deaver's family in Yorktown.

Three Navy SEALs, including a Yorktown man who was a champion high school swimmer, have been charged in the alleged assault of a most-wanted detainee they captured in Iraq.

"The idea of buying a former superstar stock at a discount price certainly has its attractions, but you've got to make sure you catch the haft -- not the blade." So goes the thesis of my weekly Fool.com column "Get Ready for the Bounce." Therein, I run the 52-week-lows list compiled by Nasdaq.com through the "wisdom of crowds" meter that we call ...

"Thought-provoking ideas and whimsical moments too." "Just a little further, it's worth the walk." "Robots, Mitch and jazz, it's a TEDxNASA talk." These were the signs that welcomed visitors Friday to NASA Langley's TEDxNASA event at the Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University .

York County officials have shot down a proposal that would have brought parasailing to the waterfront after a group of local residents criticized the plan as an assault on the area's historic atmosphere.

York County's Board of Supervisors shot down a proposal Tuesday night that would have brought parasailing to the York River waterfront.

So there was a little high water on Water Street? That's the name! And York officials aren't going to let a little wind and flooding stop the planned opening of holiday festivities on the Yorktown waterfront this weekend.

Although telephones were out for much of the morning in York County government offices, service seemed to be restored for many county offices by 11:30 a.m. today.

More than 155,000 Dominion customers are currently without power in Virginia , with more than 147,000 of those customers centered in the coastal region.

A weak fuel market created by the recession caused Western Refining to lose $4.8 million, or five cents per share, in the third quarter, the company reported Monday.

CPR Teddy-The Bear that saves lives, wins awards and keeps child Choking and CPR skills current! Cindy Hailey Whether a grandparent, parent, teacher, or caretaker of young ones, you should own this bear.

Wednesday November 4th, 2009 Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints R. Blaine Dorsey as General Manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Town Center Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

York County School Division officials are asking that people planning to attend the Monday Peninsula Health District H1N1 flu immunization clinic at Grafton High School not arrive before 3 p.m. because of school-dismissal traffic.

"This is It," above. For more movies, see page 2. The Fall Book Sale at York County Public Library is at 3 p.m. today, 10 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at 8500 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown.

Where: Gently Used, York Village Shopping Center, 7330 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown Fab find: Set of brown woven boxes, $5 The sign on the storefront says "thrift," but you might question that label when you walk in the door of Gently Used, Yorktown's newest thrift store.

Conditions of chance have aligned to create a spookily perfect Halloween night this year.

The York County Public Library is once again offering its Food for Fines amnesty program.

National Geographic Traveler magazine has included the Historic Triangle, Chesapeake Bay and Shenandoah Valley in its list of the world's iconic destinations.

The next generation of NASA is on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center and it's looking slimmer than ever.

York-Poquoson Sheriff's investigators say they have arrested a man in connection with the June 11 robbery of Winfrees Firearms.